That Prius is ...How Much?

[08blackyari]

Originally Posted by DebbyM46227

Hopefully someone with some sense will be elected in 2012 and crazy things like O-Care and 63 MPG by 2020 will be done away with.

I can't afford a $41K Chevy Volt. I'd have to make the choice between making my car payment or the mortgage payment. Or find a rich man.

I'd reconsider your statement a bit. Think about how little the overall gas efficiency has changed in the typical vehicle since the 1970's but how much more power we've engineered to get out of these cars. The fact is that we can get 63 mpg BEFORE 2020 and it won't cost $41k. What it will cost is common sense. People need to seriously evaluate what type of car they need as opposed to what they want. A single mom with two kids doesn't need a Ford Excursion to pick up groceries or drop kids off at soccer practice. Let's face it, most drivers are driving only themselves 90% of the time.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by 08blackyari

I'd reconsider your statement a bit. Think about how little the overall gas efficiency has changed in the typical vehicle since the 1970's but how much more power we've engineered to get out of these cars. The fact is that we can get 63 mpg BEFORE 2020 and it won't cost $41k. What it will cost is common sense. People need to seriously evaluate what type of car they need as opposed to what they want. A single mom with two kids doesn't need a Ford Excursion to pick up groceries or drop kids off at soccer practice. Let's face it, most drivers are driving only themselves 90% of the time.

I dont know if youre keeping up with current events but a Honda Accord used to get 35 mpg back in the day. I saw a sticker on a showroom floor on an Accord recently that said 16 mpg.


They must weight 3000 pounds plus.

[08blackyari]

Originally Posted by bronsin

I dont know if youre keeping up with current events but a Honda Accord used to get 35 mpg back in the day. I saw a sticker on a showroom floor on an Accord recently that said 16 mpg.


They must weight 3000 pounds plus.

Yeah, the weight issue has to change in cars in order for us to advance. We got to the moon, didn't we? People need to "right size" according to their needs and half the battle is done. I drive a Yaris because I: drive 99% of the time by myself, don't carry any sort of cargo 99% of the time. When I commute to work every morning the majority of cars have one person in them.